Posted by Damos on May 15, 2005, at 22:30:32
In reply to I'm afraid, posted by alexandra_k on May 15, 2005, at 20:56:21
> I know I have issues
What, and like the rest of us don't?> I'm a little too literal
One suspects that your area of study demands precision of thinking and exact and explicit meaning =0)> Too picky with phrasing
Again probably only symptomatic of the above and your own high standards ;-)> Too incomprehensible
Can only speak for myself here and say that some of it is hard going, largely due to not having really used my brain in 2 decades and having had a very average education. It is not you that is incomprehensible because your explanations allow me to begin to understand complex things I would not have otherwise even considered, and your posts never make me feel dumb.
> Too much into stuff that nobody gives a sh*t about or understands anyway.I was actually going to ask for your recommended Top 10 philosophical reads for an absolute beginner because what you write has sparked a long denied interest and I would like to understand more and be able to engage in conversation with you from something other than complete ignorance :-)
You should know that even though I may not engage in a thread you have started, I often spend hours googling as a result of them.
> I want to say 'I can't help it'
> But I probably can
> And possibly...
> I should.You are you, and we expect you to be nothing and no-one else. There is much to admire in the passion, intensity and intelligence with which you post. You combine these with kindness, caring, love, support, tenderness, innocence and wisdom as well.
> But then...
> Who am I
> ???You are someone who is amazingly precious to all of us in babbleland. You are my friend, You are Sarah's aunty Alex. You are someone who is greatly loved and cared about.
> I do feel like a cardboard cut out sometimes
There are days I don't even feel that whole.> A stereotype
> But the others are no better
> And we are mutually inconsistent
> So what is to be done?Is there an internal struggle between how you see your self, how they've labelled and categorised you, how you're expected to be and how you want to be???
> Maybe I need a holiday.
> To do what?
> To work on my thesis
> sigh
> Theres no hope for meYou may well be right, but working on your thesis doesn't qualify as a holiday. A holiday would be a break from everything, time to lay in a feild and stare at the sky, watch the grass grow, read Enid Blyton or Harry Potter. A time to do what you want for you and you only. Not because you have to, not because you need to. Just because you feel like it.
Puppy and me have high hopes for you. No expectations or needs just high hopes.
(((((Alex)))))
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